Not exact matches
And given UCLA's rank as the No. 2 graduate fine art
program in the country, it's a compelling list, which includes Woman's Building
pioneer Judy Chicago, conceptual artist Barbara Kruger, painters Lari Pittman and Toba Khedoori (the latter of whom recently had a one - woman show at LACMA), installationist Rodney McMillian, photographer James Welling and groundbreaking photo collagist Robert Heinecken (who established the
photography program at UCLA in the 1960s and was the subject of a retrospective at the Hammer Museum in 2014).
Her
program featured a multigenerational roster of artists showing a combination of painting, performance,
photography, conceptual art, and video, in addition to posthumous shows by
pioneering female artists Ana Mendieta and Eva Hesse.
The highlights of the
program include a major installation by South African artist Ralph Ziman, a special presentation of works by artist Phoebe Boswell, a 1 - 54 Lounge designed by Azikiwe Mohammed, in partnership with
Pioneer Works, the screening of Jumoke Sanwo's Lagos at Large and Van Lagos» Home presented by Retro Africa, and the Red Hook Labs and Nataal presenting New African
Photography III, among others.
Lush images of modern dance
pioneers; haunting early cyanotypes of algae (the first photographic works to be produced by a woman); majestic geographical surveys taken along the Union Pacific Railroad, iconic Depression - era images taken under the Farm Security Administration's famed
photography program; Berenice Abbott's epic documentation of 1930s New York for the Federal Art Project; stunning 19th century vistas of the Egypt and Syria; scenes and portraits of Ellis Island Immigrants, the Statue of Liberty under construction...